Currycomb



Mel) J. DUSHANE.

GURRYGOMB.

Patented Sept UNITED STATES PATENT Orioles,

JAMES DUSHANE, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

CURRYCOMB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 505,756, datedSeptember 26, 1893.

Application filed May 17,1892.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES DUSHANE, of South Bend, in the county of St.Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Ourrycombs; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is atop view of my improved curry comb showing the peculiar shaped back.Fig. 2 is an end view. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View thereof. Figs. 4, 5and 6 are bottom plan views of modified forms of combs.

This invention is an improvement in curry combs; and its objects are toprovide a back or holder for the comb strips which will be speciallyadapted to the hand of the groom, and can be comfortably, firmly andeasily grasped and operated without a handle; and to make the teeth offlexible or resilient strips or rings, serrated on one edge and soattached to the back that they can readily adapt themselves toinequalities of the animals body.

The invention therefore consists in an improved back, and in combinationtherewith serrated or resilient strips as hereinafter fully describedand claimed.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A represents the back whichresembles in contour and is formed to fit the palm of the hand, havingits front edge slightly curved and provided with four scallops a, b, 0,01,120 receive the extremities of four fingers of a hand, and alsohaving laterally projecting rounded extensions B, O, at its frontcorners scalloped out at their junction with the sides of the back as ate, f, the sides being dressed so as to fit respectively the thumb of theright or left hand. The back may be also provided with the ordinary handloop D.

It will be obvious from the foregoing description and drawings that theback is es pecially constructed to fit the hand, and can be firmly heldin either hand without tiring or cramping it as would an ordinaryhandle.

The comb proper is form ed of a metal strip preferably steel which isserrated on one edge Serial No. 433,284. (No model.)

and may be wound upon itself something like a clock spring in a seriesofconvolute ovals as shown in Fig. 5, and secured to lugs G, G,depending from the back by means of rods or bolts g, g, which passtransversely through the coils of the strip. The comb may also be formedas shown in Fig. 3 of a convolutely coiled strip, the coils of which aresecured to a lugH depending from the back bya boltor rivet h whichpasses laterally through the several coils at one side.

As shown in Fig. 4 the comb is formed of ring shaped or oval strips I ofdifferent size, placed one within the other, and a straight strip 1'placed centrally within the inner ring, the rings and strip being strungon transverse rods J which are bolted or riveted to lugsj depending fromthe back as shown.

In Fig. 6 the comb is formed of a series of endless bands K of stripsteel serrated on one edge. These bands are bent into oval loops thesides of which are forced near together at center, and transfixed by asecuring bolt is which confines the loops in place and to lugs on theback as shown.

In all the combs, the strips, loops, &c., are held slightly away fromthe back by the securing bolts so that there is a slight verticalvibration allowed the comb strips, and hair, &c., passing between thestrips can escape between the edges of the same and the back. The ringsand strips may be kept properly apart by means of washers and sleeves Kstrung on the securing rods or bolts between the rings or strips, asshown in the several figures. By this construction a firm backing isprovided for the toothed strips and yet they are free to vibrate andyield laterally and vertically under the back and thereby canaccommodate themselves to inequalities in the skin and do better workthan a rigid comb, and the back also protects the hand of groom andenables him to press the comb firmly and squarely against the hide. Theback is obviously adapted for brushes, and for attachment of comb teethof different kinds.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent thereon, is

1. A back for curry combs 850., adapted to fit the palm of and begrasped by the hand, having scallops on its front edge, to accommodatethe fingers and scallops in its side near its front edge to accommodatethe thumb of a hand, substantially as described.

2. The herein described back for curry combs &c., having a front curvedand sealloped edge, and lateral extensions at its front corners, andscallops at the junction of said extensions with the sides,substantially as described.

3. The herein described curry comb con sisting of a back having scallopson its front edge and sides to respectively accommodate the fingers andthumb of a hand; with the toothed metal strips set edgewise, separated,

